Idea Generation and Development module quiz: Singapore N(A)-Level Design and Technology (SEAB 7055) quiz

Only copying one existing product

Brainstorming, mind maps and thumbnail sketches

Writing the final evaluation

Buying all the materials first

One perfect, finished drawing

Several copies of the same idea

A range of genuinely different ideas

No drawings at all

To make them look busy

To hide mistakes

Because drawings are banned

Because notes on materials, function and the specification carry most of the marks

Judge each idea against the specification and choose the one that best meets it

Pick your personal favourite with no reasons

Choose the most colourful one

Choose the first idea you drew

A single finished drawing with no changes shown

Clear stages of improvement, one change at a time, each with a reason

Many random new ideas

Just adding colour

I changed it because I felt like it

I made it bigger for no reason

I rounded the corners so it is safer for young children, as the specification requires

I changed the colour to look modern

To use up spare card

To skip the development stage

Because the final product is not allowed

To test ideas cheaply in three dimensions before committing to real materials

Card, foam and modelling board

Steel and hardwood

Glass and concrete

Only the final product's materials

The exact final strength of the real product

Scale, fit, comfort and how parts move

The precise final cost to the cent

Nothing useful

Ignore them

Start a completely unrelated project

Feed them back into developing the design, changing the idea where needed

Hide them from the journal

Judging is never allowed in design

Ideas cannot be drawn during brainstorming

Brainstorming must always be done alone

Early judging stops creativity and can kill good ideas before they are explored

It shows reasoned, evidence-based decision-making against the specification

It fills more pages

It hides your favourite

It is required to use more ink